Prayer Against The Enemy Of God

Silencing the enemy is a very fitting title for this book. It is fitting because the author, Robert Gay, explains how God suppresses the devices of the adversary through the praise and worship of His people. Although the term “spiritual warfare” is not found in scripture, Paul expounds on the concept throughout the New Testament. He encourages the saints to “Put on the whole armor of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil”. This scripture informs us that we are in a battle, a battle that has been raging since the beginning of time. It is not a battle that one can see with the naked eye. Nor is it a battle that is fought with natural weapons. It is a battle that is fought in the spirit world. Our methods of

“There’s a great holy war going on in my father’s mind, in which we’re meant to duck and run and obey orders and fight for all the right things, but I can’t always make out the orders or even tell which side I’m on exactly” (244).

Paul Washer delivers a sermon on “The Four Pillars of Walking With God” in which he presents the four pillars to which he sees that it is essential that every Christian must understand. The four pillars are knowledge, faith, joy, and obedience. Paul Washer explains knowledge as knowing the Word of God and being able to apply it to your life; he wants us to ask “what does it tell me about God for me?”. The second point he makes is that faith in God is the act of having assurance in his word through which we will find joy, Washer’s third point, and the fourth point obedience is actually following the Word. The choice of “pillars” to describe his belief system is interesting as it reminiscent of the Five Pillars of Islam. The Five Pillars of

Ephesians 6:12 says, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”

War”). Soldiers in battle would pray for protection over them and that God would deliver them a

Scripture tells us, “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear” 1 Peter 3:15 (NKJV). Through this course, you will be equipped with different

In the 21st century, the number of methods in which to treat a patient has increased. In modern society, the most common method for treating a patient is in the form of medicine. This is in large part due to the growing advancement of technology and research. In medicine many forms of treatment are offered to the ill, ranging from therapy, ancient healing techniques, and herbal methods. Of late, a different treatment known as intercessory prayer has gained some attention. This is the act of praying on behalf of patients. The history of intercessory prayer originates from religious people believing that praying on the behalf of the sick can heal the said patient. Intercessory prayer should not be supported in the field of medicine because prayer and religion are separate entities from medicine. Secondly, practicing intercessory prayer in a medical practitioner’s field of work is unprofessional.

The question of the constitutionality of prayer in our public schools and public school system has been an ongoing controversy for the past three decades. There is only one way to end the controversy, and it is pertinent to the well being of our youth and our nation. We must keep church and state forever separate. Any form of prayer in the public school system is an explicit violation of the first amendment, is coercive, and harmful to not only our nations children, but to the nation itself. The question of prayer in school should never have even been a question, and the fact that it remains three decades later is nothing short of unfaithful to the constitution. One could even go so far as to call this issue unpatriotic, as we are

Furthermore, there are certain moments when Wiesel demonstrates that his faith in God is not completely lost. For example, when Rabbi Eliahu comes looking for his son, who was separated from him while running. Wiesel tells the Rabbi he did not see his son, but then later remembered seeing him losing ground when running and moved back to the rear of the column to get rid of his father. Wiesel realized the son had felt his father growing weaker and separated himself to increase his own chance of survival. In spite of himself, Wiesel prays to that God in whom he claims he lost faith in. In his prayer, Wiesel asks God for strength to never leave his father behind. He says, “Oh God, Master of the Universe, give me the strength never to do what

Whereas, in the rest of the chapter 6 he takes the opportunity to introduce to them what the believers are facing. Paul tells them to put on the whole armour of God. The word armour in the Greek is pronounced "pan-op-lee'-ah (πανοπλία) which mean the complete armour (includes shield, sword, lance, helmet, greaves, and breastplate)." This armour is so needed that they may be able to stand against what Paul call in verse 11 the "wiles of the devil." (Ephesians 6:11) The word "wiles" is only used one time in the Bible, and that is in the

In “My Religion of Death and Praying To Kill” paradox is used beautifully, beginning the entire passage with a paradox in the title. It encases a man’s internal conflict in the form of literature. His internal struggle of right and wrong is thought provoking to the reader. He continuously questions himself if he is strong enough to carry the burden of war. He states himself, “And my prayers were prayers that I would be sent to combat and to face the decision to shoot or to pause. I prayed that when the time did come God would give me strength to pull the trigger.” He contradicts himself by first being unsure of his decision and then asking for God to give him the strength to do the right thing. This internal battle is similar to Hemingway’s

If more emphasis is placed on the devil it will create fear in the heart of the church. Spiritual warfare becomes bad when the church continuously blame the devil as the source of our weakness even when we know that our failure comes from our personal weak points. The more we give attention to the devil the more he is gaining more strength to attack us. Personally, one area that I feel that the church has failed is not recognizing that we fight against our flesh, world and the devil.

Recently we watched “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” in English class. A few of the social issues addressed were: poverty, peace and women’s rights. The women were so fed up with how their president has been treating everyone. He got young children to run around with guns and hurt innocent people. Everyone was so below poverty that children were starving to death and there was nothing the parents could do because they themselves were starving. The women wanted so badly to have peace to stop the war, the fighting, and the poverty. The women just wanted a say in what was happening around them, to get a chance to stop it all.

We read in Habakkuk chapter 3, his prayer it begins with speaking of the immense power our God has. You see sometimes I feel like we just do not realize how big he is. You shouldn’t be walking in disobedience if you have been born again. You should be striving to stay in his word and not faltering from it. In a split second he can change everything for you, for better or for worse, depending on your obedience and allegiance to him. You see you shouldn’t become so easily discouraged by man, they are just humans, we should be more concerned about winning souls for Jesus than the idol things of this world. It is part of what we have been called to do.

“Be strong, alert and ready”(Snodgrass, 354), these are some of the theological principles that we find in Ephesians. More specifically, we can find these three in Ephesians 6:10-16. God wants us to be strong, and he is willing to provide us with the strength of his spirit. However, recall that this is something that we are not given when we are born. “Empowering is not automatic, but comes as we